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Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 4/1/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 5/10/23, at 3:38pm ET   ·   For:  4/1/23   ·   Accession #:  1597672-23-23   ·   File #:  1-36285

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 5/10/23  Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.  10-Q        4/01/23   75:6.3M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.26M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
10: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
11: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    120K 
12: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     50K 
                (Loss)                                                           
13: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    114K 
14: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     30K 
15: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders? Equity     HTML     65K 
16: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    114K 
17: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     24K 
18: R9          Discontinued Operations                             HTML     23K 
19: R10         Accounts Receivable, Net                            HTML     28K 
20: R11         Inventory                                           HTML     28K 
21: R12         Leases                                              HTML     93K 
22: R13         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities               HTML     33K 
23: R14         Debt and Finance Leases                             HTML     46K 
24: R15         Environmental Liabilities                           HTML     33K 
25: R16         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     44K 
26: R17         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     46K 
27: R18         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     26K 
28: R19         Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML     42K 
29: R20         Incentive Stock Plans                               HTML     45K 
30: R21         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     47K 
31: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML     26K 
32: R23         Segments                                            HTML     56K 
33: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     30K 
34: R25         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     31K 
35: R26         Accounts Receivable, Net (Tables)                   HTML     28K 
36: R27         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     29K 
37: R28         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     56K 
38: R29         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities (Tables)      HTML     33K 
39: R30         Debt and Finance Leases (Tables)                    HTML     46K 
40: R31         Environmental Liabilities (Tables)                  HTML     26K 
41: R32         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     41K 
42: R33         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     45K 
43: R34         Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)                  HTML     44K 
44: R35         Incentive Stock Plans (Tables)                      HTML     43K 
45: R36         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     42K 
46: R37         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML     56K 
47: R38         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     26K 
48: R39         Discontinued Operations (Details)                   HTML     37K 
49: R40         Accounts Receivable, Net (Details)                  HTML     31K 
50: R41         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     31K 
51: R42         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     24K 
52: R43         Leases - Components of Lease Expense (Details)      HTML     30K 
53: R44         Leases - Balance Sheet Components (Details)         HTML     42K 
54: R45         Leases - Supplemental Cash Flow (Details)           HTML     36K 
55: R46         Accrued and Other Current Liabilities (Details)     HTML     41K 
56: R47         Debt and Finance Leases - Summary of Debt           HTML     67K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R48         Debt and Finance Leases - Narrative (Details)       HTML     25K 
58: R49         Debt and Finance Leases - Schedule of Maturities    HTML     30K 
                of Long-term Debt (Details)                                      
59: R50         Environmental Liabilities (Details)                 HTML     43K 
60: R51         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     39K 
61: R52         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)      HTML     57K 
62: R53         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     25K 
63: R54         Earnings Per Common Share - Calculation of          HTML     48K 
                Earnings Per Share (Details)                                     
64: R55         Earnings Per Common Share - Anti-dilutive           HTML     27K 
                Securities Excluded from Computation (Details)                   
65: R56         Incentive Stock Plans - Narrative (Details)         HTML     39K 
66: R57         Incentive Stock Plans - Schedule of Outstanding     HTML     84K 
                Awards (Details)                                                 
67: R58         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     49K 
68: R59         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     28K 
69: R60         Segments (Details)                                  HTML     58K 
70: R61         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     45K 
73: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    132K 
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72: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    106K 
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